Jakub Dobes backstops Canadiens in come-from

This edition of the Hidden Game is dedicated to Canadiens goaltender Jakub Dobes.

When a team is outshot by a 2:1 margin — as the Canadiens were in Wednesday night’s 4-3 victory over the Utah Mammoth at the Delta Center — we don’t care how many goals were allowed. All that matters is the win.

Dobes clearly has seized the No. 1 goaltending position with Montreal — at least for now. That doesn’t mean Samuel Montembeault should be thrown under the bus. And the veteran almost certainly will start one of the next two games on this road trip, Friday afternoon at Las Vegas or Saturday afternoon at Colorado.

But Dobes is the hot netminder at this time. And Dobes is the winning netminder at this time. Every point and every victory is all that matters in the battle to secure a playoff berth.

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